My sister in law moved in with us about 3 months ago with her domestic long hair. He's been peeing outside of the litter box and I was wondering if anyone knew what to do to prevent this. He's about 5-6 years old and I would guess he's fully in tact though she refuses to get him neutered(despite me being adamant that it would solve 99% of the issues). He's peed on floors, shoes, cat toys, and has even peed on some of our clothing in our closet including my wife's wedding dress. We now keep our bedroom door closed due to his peeing. Despite the change in environment I don't think that's 100% of the issue because according to my sister and the smell in her old apartment he has been doing this for years. It was so bad that he was having seizures from the ammonia smell in her old apartment*.
Its gotten to a point where the other cats are starting to mark the spots where he has peed despite our best efforts to clean them. My oldest dsh, Tomnus, even peed in my shoes the other day just after I took them off when I came home from work. He then proceeded to run over to me and wrap himself around my legs while purring. I'm sure he was trying to tell all the others that I'm his but I didn't really appreciate the sentiment at the time. Tom has been fixed which is another reason why this troubles me because I didn't think fixed cats ever went outside of the box. I'm sure his doing it, like I said earlier, is to show the others that I'm his though and to regain some semblance of control in his environment.
Any suggestions on how to keep my sisters cat from peeing outside of the littler box? It should be mentioned that he will also use the box as well.
Its gotten to a point where the other cats are starting to mark the spots where he has peed despite our best efforts to clean them. My oldest dsh, Tomnus, even peed in my shoes the other day just after I took them off when I came home from work. He then proceeded to run over to me and wrap himself around my legs while purring. I'm sure he was trying to tell all the others that I'm his but I didn't really appreciate the sentiment at the time. Tom has been fixed which is another reason why this troubles me because I didn't think fixed cats ever went outside of the box. I'm sure his doing it, like I said earlier, is to show the others that I'm his though and to regain some semblance of control in his environment.
Any suggestions on how to keep my sisters cat from peeing outside of the littler box? It should be mentioned that he will also use the box as well.